12/13/2012

Contact: Blake Androff (202) 208-6416

Las Vegas, NV – On Friday, December 14, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will deliver remarks at the Colorado River Water Users Association’s annual conference in Las Vegas. Secretary Salazar is expected to discuss the pressing need to build upon the recent cooperative successes on Colorado River management, including: the newly released water supply and demand study; the signing of Minute 319, the historic binational agreement to guide management through 2017; and November’s high-flow release at Glen Canyon Dam under a new experimental long-term protocol on the river.

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor will also offer remarks at the closing of the three-day conference.